National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Whole 2,028 (Vol. 88) Friday February 2, 1979 'A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE' T anforan: racetrack is no more San Francisco cussed were: public display the Amen­ emblv nter for 0" r In obsen;CI1Ce of "A Dav 1) a sembl~ e point in an can people \>\ii11 be made 4,000 Pel ~ ons of Japan FranCISCO. Eastbly and Pemnsu­ of Remembrance" Ba)' la. (2) pnnting of po ter , leaf­ con cious of the e\'ent in anc try who et to Area community Japanese lets and auto identificatlon. (3) the history of the Japanese interned for th durati n program ~;th noted speakers for Americans leading up to SOME ~EMEMBER-San Francisco Bay Area Japa­ American organizations of World War Ir'. Plaqu are banding together Feb. a short ceremony at the Tanfor­ their incarceration without say Tanforan opened in nese Americans were assembled at T anforan Racetrack n an site, and (4) funds to finance the spring-SlIllmer of 1942 because of the war. Horse 19 to fonn a caravan to the the project. trial or guilt. 1899 and had l-aCing a­ stalls (above scene) were remodeled into living quarters. site of the Tanforan As­ Feb. 19 was the date in The Tanforan racetrack son until it rumed d v,'T1 On Feb. 19. many will observe " A Day of Remembrance sembly Center in San 1942 President Franklin is no more with a shopping in 1964. by assembling again at Tantoran (now a Shopping Center) Bruno. Roosevelt isrued Execu­ center now occupying Any donatirn to help d as a reminder of what transpired and express hope that it At an initial meeting on tive Order No. 9066, and what was the wartime as­ fray expenses will be glad­ not be repeated. Jan. 11 in theMasao Satow and when in 1976 was the sembly center area. But ly acknowledged. Checks Bldg., Carol Hayashino day President Gerald Ford there stands a plaque not­ are payable to Tanforan Canmittee. 17f ~ was appointed chairperson gave "An American Prom­ ing ... "In 1942, Tanforan Sutter st.. San FrancL l Tight-spending pressure still of the Tanfornn Commit­ ise" by rescirxling the Or­ became a tE:nlporary as- 94115. * straps JACL programming tee. Tentative plans dis- der. It is hoped by a large By HARRY HON>A &m Francisco Set Day of Remembrance Till 1979 membership funds allow, the JACL adminis­ tration was cautioned this past week to maintain close 'rites in Little Tokyo watch on current expenditures. InLosA~, The National JACL Executive Committee (EXECOM), thePSW­ county commenting on Ja­ meeting over the Jan. 26-28 weekend here with President JACL Redress Committee panese American evacua­ Clifford Uyeda presiding, issued the caution to Head­ and Manzanar Committee tion, a vocal number by quarters staff. nat'l committee chairpersons and youth. are co-sporuors of the Warren Furutani, display While no figures were released, national treasurer "Day of RE:nlembrance" of camp life and Japanese George Kodama said that JACL is currently operating program on Monday, Feb. folk-dancing, to be taught from borrowErl funds. 19, in front of the old Nishi by Mrs. Grace Harada, are Kodama said programs, though authorized an alloca­ Hongwanji Temple on No. scheduled. # tion of funds in the budget, are subject to review for Central Ave., starting at 1 IIUUllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllUUtllHlllllUlllIl!lllllll,iUIIUt"N implementation since membership, just starting to come, p.m. Continuation of: Shisei Tsureishi, an Issei is inadequate. A youth workshop proposal, for instance, Serialization out of the $42,000 allocated in the budget, was being held who was in Heart Moun­ up. In the past., such programs. were approved early in tain, Wyo., arxlBetty Koza­ YANKEE the bienniwn because of sufficient JACL reserves. sa, a Nisei, will be among While most committee reports were presented by EX­ the speakers of the day. A ECOM members as oversight officials, some chairper­ presentation by the East­ SAMURAI sons were invited to submit theirs in person. They were: West Players, resolutions See Page 9 from both the city and Continued on Next Page CENSUS COUNT ON RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE Increasing, but only 1% nationally Wasbingtoo 'creased from 148,000 to sample. ban fringe and 69,000 Another JACL contact Inten-aciallT'arriages of 310,000 (l0S0k ). Corres­ Of the 276,000 Japanese (25~) in the rural area. Of all kinds continue to in­ ponding increase between who were IT'arried as of the the 66,000 JalElese mixed WashingtonJACL Representative Ron Ikejiri (right) con­ crease, the Census Bureau 1970 and 1977 was 360k 1970 Census, 66,000 or 240k couples, nearly 46,000 tinues to make the rounds in the Nation's Capitol-the said in its report, "Perspec­ from 310,000 to 421,000. were IT'arried to non-Japa­ (700/c) lived in the rural latest being with the junior senator from California. Sen. S. tives on American Hus­ Blacks and whites ac­ nese. The length of their area. I. Hayakawa. at his office in the Dirksen Bldg. Principal bands and Wives", issued counted for 125,000 of IT'arriages can be assessed areas discussed included redress, U.S.-Japan relations and uan. 13. But trey still com­ ·those marriages, the bu­ 'as follows: Geographically, Japa­ its effects on Japanese Americans. and minority concerns in prise less than IOfc of the 48 :reau said, an increase of nese couples were spread the U.S. When Married Both-J Mixed million married couples in '60,000 (920/( ) over the 1970 out as follows: Pre-1939 ..............53.860 15,994 Area Both-J Mixed the United States. figure of 65.000. Black 1940-4!f . .............. 49.680 3.183 Northeast ........... 12,196 7,823 Hayakawa named to Senate Between tre 1960 and iwomen are much less like­ 1950-59 ................ 55.438 17.158 North Central ... .10.986 9,515 .1970 censuses, the number ly to marry ootside their .1960-69 ............... 52.006 17.67<; South ..................... 5,066 10.383 foreign relations committee of married couples consist­ race than black IT'en, white Of the 66,000 Japanese West .. ................ 182,738 38,213 Washingtm ish education, I have always seen ing of husbands and wives women or white IT'en. the mixed marriages, Nikkei America's foreign affairs prob­ of different races in- report noted. women outnumbered the And the geographic pic­ Sen. S. I. Hakakawa (R­ lems from a sanewhat special men in marrying outside ture by mixed marriage Calif.) was selected by the perspective. .. • * "I believe the Foreign Rela­ their race, as noted in the only shows: Republican Corrunittee on Mineta named to (Pending receipt of the 19-7 Area J-Hsb J-Wife Committees to serve on tions Committee is one in which I report. here is the Japanese pic­ next table: Northeast ............. 1.600 6.223 can serve America and Califor­ the Senate Foreign Rela­ nia especially well. California's Smithsonian board ture as noted in the 1970 Census NON Spouse J-Hsb J-Wife North Central ...... 1.716 7,799 Bureau report. "Marital Status". South .......... ........... 1 ,248 9.135 tions Committee Jan. 18. proximity to Mexico and there­ Wasbington White.. ................... 9,872 44,138 fore to the problems of Latin published in the May 31. 1974, Chinese ................. l,294 2,418 West ......... .. ........... 9,012 29,201 He will remain on the Sen­ House Speaker Tip O'Neill Pacific Citizen.) America. as well as its position Filipino .................. .. 608 1.995 ate Agriculture Commit­ as the gateway to the Orient. appointed Rep. Norman Mi­ Negro ................. _.... 137 1.793 The Census Bureau divided neta Jan. 18 on the Smith­ the nation in fourparts: NORTH­ tee. Here's his statement gives us a partirular sensitivity As of 1970. there were Mexican ............. _.... 517 852 to events abroad. sonian InstitufuD board of Puerto Rican ........... ll0 220 EAST-Nine states north and upon learning of the ap­ 591,290 Japanese in the east of Pennsylvania; NORTH pointment "Given the timid and don't­ regents, a governing OOdy United States. And 2. 6.920 Other Hispanic ....... 480 870 rock-the-boat attitude that per­ composed of tre Vice Presi­ Am Indian ............... 130 235 CENTRAL-Twelve states in (46q. ) said they were IT'ar­ midwest; SOUTH-Sixteen "I am delightal and honored vades the foreign policy estab­ dent, Chief Justice of the Su~ that I have been appointed to lishment in our government. I l;ed at one tirre or the oth­ (46~) states from Texas to Delaware; preme Court. three Repre­ Over 126,000 WEST-Thirteen states north to serve on the Senate Foreign Re­ think a Western voice can add a sentati, es, three Senators er. The sampling that fol­ couples lived in the central west of New Mexico, Alaska and lations Committee. Being born great deal to the vigor of discus­ and nine citizen members. lowed \\ as based on a SG7( city, 81,000 (3(YJk) in the ur- Hawaii # of Japanese parrots and brought sions on our international rela­ up in Canada with a strong Brit- tions." # 2-PACIFIC CmZEN I Friday, Febru. 1\ 2, 1979 Sakai said his travel com­ ed a draft may be ready for PC Directory: 1979 Memberships mittee is worried that if the EXECOM consideration at the Tri-Dist­ Contlrwed from Frout Pap: APEX program becomes ef­ Membership fee (after name of chapter) reflects the 1979 rate for ingle and Coup~e. rict Conference (Fresno Hol­ ~he fective over the Pacific, it Thousand Oub members contribute $SO and up. but their spouse (x) may enroll at special Heruy Sakai, travel ; MOOo Ucrn­ iday Inn, April 20-22).